The Way We Live Now
Karen ChristensenCommunity, democracy, and a search for the good life.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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“In China, one of many nicknames for President Trump is Chuan Jianguo. It literally translates as ‘Trump the Nation Builder.’ My best translation is ‘Comrade Trump.’ The joke is that Mr. Trump is a patriotic son of China who is diligently a...
The Joy of Intercourse
The Star of Greenwich, in London, was a community-owned pub we talked about on our third places podcast.
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Looking for life - in books and in people
The word “life” was echoing in my mind yesterday. The news was grim but the world outside is glorious. An afternoon walk by the lake reminded me that I should be looking for signs of life, and love, and doing my best to foster them. Isn’t t...
The cafes are open: third places in Iran
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In Packed Cafes, Iranians Yearn to Escape War’s Wreckage
Cafes and coffee shops give Iranians affordable places to talk about their hopes, fears and the cost of living as well as to seek company i...
From Serbia to Iowa City, third-place talk is bubbling up
Third place discussion seems to be everywhere these days. The Guardian just ran a piece about third places in Paris, and yesterday’s Financial Times has “Why London’s teens need more third spaces.”
Is it “third places” or “third spaces”? T...
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Coauthor of The Great Good Place II, expert on third places and green urbanism, CEO of #BerkshirePubGroup, research associate at Harvard Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, and editor of the Encyclopedia of Community. Nuts about passenger rail.
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